Association Croquet

This section aims to provide useful links to information and advice on association croquet skills and techniques for players of all levels from absolute beginners to more experienced and advanced players.

Many of the links are to the Croquet Association, Oxford Croquet and Bowdon Croquet Club and we are most grateful for their contributions to the game by posting useful coaching pages on their websites.

Association Croquet Coaching Manual

The Croquet Association has produced an Association Croquet Coaching Manual which includes a syllabus for a six week beginners’ course as well as material for improvers’, Bronze, Silver Gilt and Gold coaching courses. A copy is in the clubhouse and additional copies may be purchased from the Croquet Association. A copy in pdf format is also available for Croquet Association members under Coaching Resources in the Members’ Area at the Croquet Association website and at Oxford Croquet .

Bowdon Croquet Club also has a syllabus for a six week beginners’ course in the public area of their website.

These resources are aimed at coaches rather than players wanting to learn and improve. Some useful resources for them are listed below.

More topics can be found under the How to Play Croquet section at Oxford Croquet and at the ClarkeCroquet website run by Chris and Jenny Clarke which includes sections on tactical coaching for both association and golf croquet.

Planning Ahead

The Club’s annual dinner will be at Chester Golf Club, Curzon Park, on Wednesday, 20 February. More

The AGM will be on Friday, 8 March, at the Westminster Park Community Centre. Agenda and papers will be posted nearer the time in the Members area of the web site.

The Club will be holding its next taster day for newcomers to croquet on Saturday, 13 April. More

Revised Rules of Golf Croquet, 5th Edition, come into effect on 1 March 2019. More

A link to the BBC weather forecast for Chester is now included under Quick Links near the bottom of this column.

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End of season supper and presentation of trophies 6.30 pm Wednesday, 14 November, at Chez Jules. More